Question

A bag contains 8 blue marbles, 15 red marbles, 10 yellow marbles, and 3 brown marbles. If a marble is randomly selected, what is the probability that it will be BROWN? Please select one answer. I REALLY NEED HELP!!!!!

Answer 1

8 add 15 add 10 add 3
36
So 3/36

Answer 2

1/12

Explanation:

8 blue marbles

15 red marbles

10 yellow marbles

3 brown marbles

So let's add them up

8+15+10+3

=36

Probability of picking brown marbles

3/36

Divide both by 3

1/12

So the probability of picking brown is 1/12